Description of Problem: Recent 7.3 updates have caused my RHN Up2date to fail with ssl_connect errors. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): openssl-0.9.6b-28 How Reproducible: Run Update Agent under RH7.3 w/all current package updates as of 08/12/02 Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run Update Agent 2. 3. Actual Results: see example below [roger@bubba roger]$ up2date Error communicating with server. The message was: SSL_connect error I also tried rerunning rhn_register. Results below [roger@bubba roger]$ rhn_register A socket error occured: SSL_connect error, attempt #1 A socket error occured: SSL_connect error, attempt #2 A socket error occured: SSL_connect error, attempt #3 A socket error occured: SSL_connect error, attempt #4 A socket error occured: SSL_connect error, attempt #5 Expected Results: Update Agent runs normally. Additional Information:
Problem was my system realtime clock. My RTC is losing time, I assume causing a problem with SSL certification. As soon as I updated my system clock to current date $ time, RHN Up2date functions properly. Problem resolved.
I had this same problem, however, my realtime clock was set to the correct time. I overcame this problem by running rhn_register --configure and changing the 7th option (serverURL) to http rather than https.. you'll have to do a similar thing to get up2date working also..